Word: mainstreaming
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...voter initiative, which has a good chance of passage, is sponsored by an alliance of environmental groups headed by Democrat Tom Hayden, the 1960s radical leader who mellowed into a mainstream liberal, married actress Jane Fonda -- from whom he was recently estranged -- and has served eight years in the California state assembly. For Hayden, 50, the measure could be a ticket to political stardom, especially if he gets himself elected the state's first environmental czar...
...totalitarianism" is not the problem at Harvard. The problem is a traditionalist establishment that fails to address the needs of people of color, underprivileged, gays and women. When marginalized groups are finally accepted into the Harvard mainstream, then there will no longer be a need to voice "oppression." Constance Chen...
While upscale foodies have been proudly learning the gastronomic alphabet (A is for arugula, B for balsamic vinegar and C for imported chevre), mainstream America has been mounting a kitchen counterrevolution by mastering new cooking techniques like zapping and nuking. With microwave ovens now installed in three-quarters of the nation's kitchens, the U.S. is in the midst of a food upheaval that may leave taste buds as imperiled as the Panamanian drug trade...
Nonetheless, Weld maintains that his supposedly liberal views are not out of line with the GOP mainstream...
...clues embedded in the quotation: 1) this former Richard Nixon speechwriter remains a nattering nabob of negativism (he also crafted lines for Spiro Agnew) about Mikhail Gorbachev's intentions; 2) Safire's forcefulness of expression and clarity of opinion, for he is not a columnist who seeks safety in mainstream musings; and 3) the wordplay that is Safire's trademark -- in this case, revamping Winston Churchill's pledge not to dismember the British empire...